Name the four broad areas that offer career opportunities in working with children and describe the focus of each area.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Psychologists and researchers: The main focus is either delivery of psychological services to children, adolescents, and families; research; or a combination of the two.
2. Health care professionals: The main focus is the delivery of medical services to children, adolescents, and families; prevention of illness; and conducting research relevant to promoting children's health.
3. Educators: The main focus of teaching is to provide classroom educational services to children and adolescents. Other educational professionals such as school psychologists work to establish the best combination of educational services for children who need the classroom environment adapted to their needs.
4. Policy makers, program directors, and attorneys: The main focus is to design or bring into being programs that benefit children, adolescents, and families.
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a. many cases result from new mutations or microdeletions in any of a number of genes b. a small number of genes appear to be involved in autism spectrum disorders c. most mutations and deletions implicated in autism spectrum disorders are inherited from mothers d. very young maternal age and very young paternal age independently increase the risk of autism spectrum disorders
Dr. Yeadley administers an intelligence test to 100 college freshmen. Two weeks later, Dr. Yeadley returns and administers the same test to these students. By comparing the two scores of these subjects, Dr. Yeadley will determine
A) criterion validity. B) equivalent-forms reliability. C) test-retest reliability. D) objective standardization.
Generational differences in child-rearing practices suggest that researchers must pay attention to
a. ethical considerations. b. converging evidence. c. cultural diversity. d. historical context.
Which proposes that perception and action are central to cognition?
a. interpretation-based processing theory c. working memory capacity b. spreading activation d. embodied cognition